Clio pricing starts at $49 per user per month for the Starter plan, and every higher plan needs a quote from Clio's sales team. This guide walks from that single published number to the costs an immigration firm should expect, starting with the plans and ending with the questions to ask before you sign.
Prices checked on October 28, 2026. Tiers and prices change often, so confirm every figure on Clio's pricing page and in a written quote.
Key Takeaways
- Clio publishes one price, $49 per user per month for Starter. Core, Signature and Elite are quoted on request.
- Third-party sites disagree on Clio's prices because Clio removed upper-tier prices in March 2026 and renamed its tiers in August 2026.
- Starter leaves out the client portal, custom fields, document templates and conflict checks, so an immigration workflow points to Core or higher.
- On a $5,000 flat fee, a card payment costs $147.50 in Clio Payments fees and an ACH payment costs $50.
- A written quote should state the billing term, renewal price, migration scope and any enabled trials.
What Clio Sells and What It Costs
Four tiers appear on Clio's pricing page, and only the first has a price. The table below shows each tier as Clio presents it on October 28, 2026.
Billing terms are unclear: the $49 figure may be monthly or annual, and Clio's page does not say which. PricingSaaS, a price tracker, last captured the page on August 5, 2026. It recorded the entry plan at $49 billed annually and $59 billed monthly, while Software Advice describes $49 as billed monthly. Until a quote states the term, treat it as an open question.
Why the Numbers You Find Online Disagree
With only one published price, readers turn to directories and blog posts, and those show several different sets of numbers. The history explains why. PricingSaaS keeps a change log, and its entries give this timeline (third-party data that Clio has not confirmed):
- December 2024: a two-months-free offer and 30 days of free payment processing ended.
- April to July 2025: the entry price was recorded at $39 in April and $49 by July.
- Summer 2025: a 25% first-year discount was removed.
- March 23, 2026: upper-tier prices were replaced with contact buttons. The last public annual prices were $89, $119 and $149 for the plans then called Essentials, Advanced and Expand.
- May and June 2026: annual discount percentages changed.
- Late July to early August 2026: the tiers were renamed Starter, Core, Signature and Elite.
Pages written before August still show the old names and old prices, because Clio does not say which old plan became which new tier.
An update date on a directory does not mean its prices are current. The LawNext directory carries an October 20, 2026 date over prices that match Clio's 2024 list, which leaves Clio's own page and a written quote as the only reliable sources.
What the $49 Starter Plan Leaves Out
Knowing which number is real leads to the next question, which is what that number buys. Per Clio's pricing page on October 28, 2026, Starter does not include:
- the client portal
- custom fields
- document templates
- conflict checks
- accounting integrations
- text-to-pay
Starter is also capped at 3 e-signatures, against 15 on Core and unlimited on Signature and Elite. A firm that sends retainers, forms and declarations for signature on every new matter will reach that limit quickly.
Two further costs sit outside the plan price. Each court calendaring jurisdiction beyond the included rules costs 10perfirmpermonth(120 a year). Court e-filing inside Clio is available in Texas and Georgia on Clio's page, with each filing billed separately, although PricingSaaS reports that California was added.
Add-Ons, AI and Payment Fees
Beyond the plan itself, three more items can change the monthly bill: add-on products, AI features and payment processing.
Add-Ons Priced by Quote
Clio Grow, the firm's intake and client-acquisition product, is included in Elite and sold as an add-on on Core and Signature. PricingSaaS recorded it at $59 per user billed annually and $69 billed monthly as of August 5, 2026, which Clio has not confirmed.
Clio Work is the AI workspace Clio sells per user by quote, with a 14-day trial. Signature Work and Elite Work packages bundle it with Clio Manage, also by quote, and Clio states savings of over 10% and over 18% against buying the pieces separately. A Personal Injury add-on is quoted too.
Grow AI, which Clio announced on August 20, 2026, is billed only when it helps turn a lead into a hired client. Firms can set a monthly spending target, and existing Clio Grow customers get their first three hired matters through it at no cost.
Clio Payments Fees
According to Clio's pricing pages on October 28, 2026, Clio Payments charges 2.95% on card payments (3.75% on American Express). eCheck and ACH payments cost 1%, and Affirm pay-later payments cost 4.95%. The payments page says fees are fixed by method, with no variable card network fees, and that processing fees and chargebacks come out of the operating account, not the trust account.
On a $5,000 flat fee, a card payment costs $147.50 and an ACH payment costs $50. An American Express card costs $187.50. These figures are arithmetic on the stated rates, and they show how much a firm saves by steering clients toward ACH.
Firms comparing payment tools can read about automated payment collection and how trust account management keeps client funds separate from operating funds.
Clio Pricing for Immigration Lawyers
With the general picture in place, the next step is to apply it to an immigration practice, whose workload differs from a general law firm's. The sections below cover what the work needs, what the subscription adds up to, and where extra costs appear.
What an Immigration Practice Needs From the Software
On its US immigration page, Clio describes related contacts for applicants, beneficiaries, petitioners and employers, plus online intake forms. Supported USCIS forms, including the G-28, I-130, I-765 and G-1145, are filled from matter data the lawyer has approved. Evidence tracking runs through a portal in English or Spanish, and receipt notices and RFEs become dated tasks.
Which tier includes each of these is not stated on Clio's pages. The pricing table excludes the client portal and custom fields from Starter, and the immigration page uses both. A firm should plan for Core or higher and confirm that in a quote. For a wider look at the category, see this guide to immigration case management software.
A Cost Model for 1, 5 and 20 Users
Because Core, Signature and Elite are unpublished, the model below shows Starter at its published floor and leaves the other tiers open. Every figure is list price before add-ons, payment fees and accounting software.
If $49 turns out to be the annual rate, monthly billing could cost more. PricingSaaS records $59 for the entry plan billed monthly, which would raise the 5-user figure to $295 a month.
Where the Costs Stack
The subscription is the base, and several charges sit on top of it:
- a second per-user fee if a separate forms tool runs beside Clio
- card processing at the rates above
- accounting software or an accounting integration
- staff time to move data into or out of Clio
Software Advice reviewers rate Clio's data import and export at 3.0 against a category average of 4.25, so ask what migration covers before you sign. The cost of running an immigration firm puts these line items in the context of overhead.
What Reviewers Say About the Cost
Published rates are one view, and review sites show how customers experience them. These figures were read on October 28, 2026:
- Software Advice: 4.7 from 1,751 reviews, with value for money at 4.5. "High pricing" is listed as a con, and 18% of billing and payments sentiment is negative.
- Trustpilot: 3.6 from 299 reviews.
- TrustRadius: 8.3 out of 10 from 119 reviews. Most of its price comments are dated 2017 to 2023.
- G2: 4.6 from 1,068 reviews. The review text was not read for this guide.
Several Trustpilot reviewers in August and September 2026 wrote that Clio Work or AI features were turned on as a trial they did not request, and one wrote that a per-user increase of 34% was tied to AI. These are single, unverified reviews, and Clio's pages describe a 14-day Clio Work trial. The practical step is to check which products are enabled on your account and who can switch them off.
Getting a Quote You Can Trust
Everything so far leads to a quote call, because the published pages leave several immigration-specific points open. Ask each of these questions and get the answers in writing.
- What are the monthly and annual rates for each tier?
- Which tier includes the client portal for clients abroad?
- Can USCIS filing fees run through Clio Payments?
- Do the calendaring rules cover USCIS and immigration court deadlines?
- What does Grow AI cost per hired matter, and how does the spending target work?
- What renews, and at what price?
- How are seats reduced in the middle of a term?
- What does data migration include?
- Is Clio Work or any trial enabled on the account, and who can switch it off?
- Which add-ons appear on the written quote?
Trial, Cancellation and Contract Terms
A 7-day free trial of Clio Manage, with no credit card, is stated on Clio's pages, along with a 14-day trial of Clio Work. Cancellation is allowed at any time and takes effect at the end of the current term, whether monthly or annual.
Automatic renewal and repricing at renewal are not addressed, which is why question 6 matters. Some Trustpilot reviewers describe cancelling by phone and a trial charge that was later refunded, which are reviewer claims.
See How US Immigration AI Approaches the Same Costs
If you are pricing software for an immigration practice, a short call can show how US Immigration AI handles intake, retainers, document collection and payments. You can schedule a call to walk through it.
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